Background
Paul Angerer was born on May 16, 1927 in Vienna. He was a son of Otto and Elisabeth Angerer.
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Paul Angerer was born on May 16, 1927 in Vienna. He was a son of Otto and Elisabeth Angerer.
Angerer studied music theory and composition with Friedrich Reidinger and Alfred Uhl, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky.
He performed in the viola section of Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande early in his career and was viola soloist with the Wiener Symphoniker from 1953 to 1957. Angerer then began to conduct the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the orchestras in Bonn and Ulm. From 1967 to 1972 he was principal conductor of the Salzburg Opera Theater (Salzburger Landestheater) and led the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester from 1971 to 1982. In 1982, Angerer began conducting the Concilium Musicum Wien and held a teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna from 1982 to 1992. His works are published by Verlag Doblinger, Universal Edition, C. Haslinger and Editions M. Reift.
Paul Angerer's compositional style was influenced by Paul Hindemith.
In 1952 Paul Angerer married Anita Rosser.
